Merchant's double-double lands him Player of the Week award

31-year old guard John Merchant (187-G-89) had an amazing evening in the last round for Hurricanes and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 1.
He had a double-double of 21 points and 18 rebounds, while his team edged out Bucaros (#7, 0-1), the league's bottom-ranked team 80-76. Hurricanes maintains the 5th position in Colombian league. Hurricanes is rather a weak team placed in lower part in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 1-2 record. In the team's last game Merchant had a remarkable three three-pointers out of 7 attempts. He just recently signed at Hurricanes and just after two games he already turned to be a very valuable addition to the team. Dowling College graduate has very impressive stats this year. Merchant is in league's top in rebounds (4th best: 13.5rpg) and assists (6th best: 4.5apg).

Second best performed player last round was Jaison Colome (190-SG-96) of Storm. He is Dominican Rep. guard in his first season at Storm. In the last game Colome recorded impressive 24 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists. Of course he led Storm to another comfortable win outscoring Hurricanes (1-2) 88-67. The season is still at the very beginning and this victory may help a lot. Let's wait for the next round. Colome is one of the most experienced players at Storm and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 24.0ppg (#4). He also recorded 4.0 assists per game.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Michaell Jackson (190-PF-87) of league's leader Cafeteros. Jackson showcased his all-around game by recording 23 points, eight rebounds and four assists in the last round. He was a key player of Cafeteros, leading his team to a 85-83 win against Piratas (#8, 0-1). Cafeteros has a very good start of the season. But there were just 2 games played, so it's too early to judge them at this stage. Jackson also has a very good start of the season with very strong stats. Jackson has a great season in Colombia. After only 2 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 21.5ppg (5th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Juan Palacios-Tello (206-F/C-85) of Titanes - 15 points, 18 rebounds and 4 assists
5. Alejandro Minota (189-F-98) of Sabios - 16 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists
6. JC Fuller (194-SG-94) of Sabios - 30 points and 6 rebounds
7. Anthony January (206-PF-93) of Team Cali - 21 points and 15 rebounds
8. Jaelyn Johnson-Coston (198-SF-93) of Hurricanes - 25 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists
9. Javier Fernandez (C) of Piratas - 24 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists
10. Gabriel Belardo (188-G-89) of Piratas - 28 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists

The Player of the week is selected based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc.
The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy.
The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3* (REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4* (2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3* (2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3* (3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)

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